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ATTORNEY May 24, 1966 E. A. VERRINDER ARTICLE HANDLING APPARATUS 25 Sheets-Sheet 20 Filed Dec. 26, 1962 INVENTOR ERNEST A. VERRlNDER ATTORNEY 

1. IN AN ARTICLE HANDLING APPARATUS, A SUPPORT STRUCTURE, MEANS FOR ADVANCING A PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES ALONG SAID STRUCTURES, A CAMSHAFT JOURNALLED IN SAID STRUCTURE, A PLURALITY OF CAMS ON SAID SHAFT, A PLURALITY OF ARTICLE HANDLING MECHANISMS DISPOSED IN SPACED RELATION IN SAID STRUCTURE AND ARRANGED WHEN ACTUATED TO MANIPULATE THE ARTICLES AS THEY ARE ADVANCED, EACH MECHANISM INCLUDING A CAM FOLLOWER ASSOCIATED WITH ONE OF SAID CAM AND A SOLENOID ARRANGED WHEN ENERGIZED TO RENDER SAID FOLLOWER CAPABLE OF REACTING TO THE CONFIGURATION OF THE CAMMING SURFACE OF THE ASSOCIATED CAM TO EFFECT AN ARTICLE-MANIPULATING OPERATION, A CONTROL CIRCUIT FOR EACH SOLENOID, A SWITCH IN EACH CIRCUIT, AND ENDLESS PROGRAM CHAIN HAVING A SEPARATE CARRIER CORRESPONDING TO EACH ARTICLE OF SAID PREDETERMINED NUMBER OF ARTICLES, A PLURALITY OF SWITCH-ACTUATOR MOUNTING AREAS ON EACH CARRIER, EACH AREA BEING IN ALIGNMENT WITH ONE OF SAID SWITCHED AND EACH AREA BEING ARRANGED TO ALTERNATELY RECEIVE AN ACTUATOR CAPABLE OF ACTUATING THE SWITCH ALIGNED THEREWITH OR A SPACE FILLER THAT IS INCAPABLE OF ACTUATING THE SWITCH, AND MEANS FOR MOVING SAID PROGRAM CHAIN IN TIMED RELATION WITH SAID CAMSHAFT TO SUCCESSIVELY PRESENT EACH CARRIER TO SAID SWITCHES WHEREBY SWITCH ACTUATORS ON SAID CARRIER WILL ENGAGE THE ASSOCIATED SWITCHES TO ENERGIZE SAID SOLENOIDS AND RENDER THE ASSOCIATED CAM FOLLOWER CAPABLE OF FOLLOWING THE CAMMING SURFACE OF THE ASSOCIATED CAM TO EFFECT AN ARTICLE-MANIPULATING OPERATION. 